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NASB | Acts 19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 19:2 He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [in Jesus as the Christ]?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." |
Subject: You need baptism of the Holy Ghost! |
Bible Note: Hi Tim, Thank you for your response. We will have to simply agree to disagree on this, my friend. There is , as I see it, no further "Holy Ghost baptism" other than that referred to in 1 Cor. 12:13. I believe the text to be quite clear. You ask "Do you speak in tongs, prophesy, or have the gifts of healing, discernment or miracles?" Trusting that you're asking a question with which you are agreeable as to my response- NO! I'd ask rhetorically, do you have the gift of love? Because, as 1 Cor.12:31- 13:13 elucidates, LOVE is the pinnacle! Without love, none of the gifts matter! "But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way." (12:31) " But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." (13:13) 1 Cor.12:29 -30 are quite clear, especially with the grammar that not all have these gifts of tongues,healings, or prophesy! As 1 Cor. 13:8 states : "Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away." Grammatically, tongues will cease in and of themselves. I too operate within the "fruits of the Spirit" ( Gal. 5:22-23). Lastly, I do believe it error to be seeking something over and above that which scripture clearly contadicts. Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |